RTA arranged its 95th distinguished auction for number plates in Dubai on Saturday, May 6, 2017. Many unique and special number plates were on offer at the 95th auction and the exclusive variety of the number plates made the event a huge success. RTA Dubai regularly conducts such auctions to give an opportunity to car owners to place unique and special number plates on their cars and people in the UAE eagerly wait for these auctions. Bids are placed for the unique numbers at the auction event and the highest bids win different types of special number plates.
أعلنت الهيئة أن مزادها العلني رقم 95 للأرقام المميزة للمركبات، الذي أُقيم أمس، بلغ إجمالي إيراداته 27 مليونا و751 ألف درهم بواقع 80 رقماً. pic.twitter.com/0iBCEKIHn8
— RTA (@RTA_Dubai) May 7, 2017
Unique Number Plates Offered at the 95th Auction of RTA
The RTA Number Plate Auction is a famous event among the number plate enthusiasts in the UAE. From fancy single-digit number plates to number plates depicting a special day of your life, RTA number plates auction offer a unique opportunity to residents of the UAE to grab a distinguished number plate for their vehicles. At the 95th RTA Auction, 80 special number plates with two, three, four and five digits were offered, and the exclusivity of these numbers drew the great attention of the bidders at the event.
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Top Draws from the RTA’s 95th Number Plates Auction
While all the 80 number plates at the 95th Auction were unique and special, some of the number plates received the biggest bids at the event. Among the number plates which received the maximum attention of the attendees and drew the biggest bids were the two digits number plates including R13, H33 and O69.
The R13 number was sold at the price of AED 2.92 million while the second highest bid of AED 2.82 million was placed for the H33 number. The O69 number was sold at AED 1.68 million and W999 received a final bid of AED 1.4 million.
Some other number plates were also among the list of top draws from the event as these plates received significantly higher bids than others. The S66666 was sold at AED 680,000, K88888 went for AED 670,000, P4444 received a bid of AED 580,000 and O6666 was sold at a bid of AED 560,000. RTA generated a total revenue of AED 27.51 million from the 95th Special Number Plates Auction.
Why the RTA’s Special Number Plates Auction is such a Popular Event in Dubai?
RTA has been conducting its special number plate’s auction on a regular basis to offer number plate enthusiasts a delightful opportunity to buy exclusive registration numbers, which add a luxury appeal to their vehicles. Single-digit number plates are typically the most highly contested number plates at such events and have drawn the highest bids in the history of RTA auctions so far.
RTA launched its first single-digit number plate in November 2016 and a Dubai-based Indian Businessman purchased it at a whopping price of AED 33 million. RTA again offered another single digit number Q2 in December 2016 which remained unsold because of its too high base price.
The interested buyers of exclusive number plates await RTA’s auction of Special and Unique Number Plates eagerly to win their unique registration number in a highly contested event and RTA looks after the transparency of the bidding process at the event in the best possible way.
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